Administration maritime strikes against alleged drug traffickers are likely illegal, have killed dozens of civilians, and appear to have negligible impact on drug flows.
US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Administration frames Caribbean strikes as allied self-defense, arguing cartels wage armed violence financed by cocaine, so strikes target cocaine and deaths are enemy or collateral.
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
The White House is centralizing war powers, bypassing Congress to authorize strikes against Venezuela, using legal rationales that render Congress irrelevant.